A Tale of Two CitiesIt was the time of the French Revolution — a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds. |
Contents
The Period | 1 |
The Mail | 5 |
The Night Shadows | 13 |
The Preparation | 19 |
The Wineshop | 36 |
The Shoemaker | 52 |
Five Years Later | 68 |
A Sight | 77 |
Nine Days | 265 |
An Opinion | 274 |
A Plea | 285 |
Echoing Footsteps | 290 |
The Sea Still Rises | 307 |
Fire Rises | 314 |
Drawn to the Loadstone Rock | 325 |
In Secret | 342 |
A Disappointment | 86 |
Congratulatory | 106 |
The Jackal | 115 |
Hundreds of People | 123 |
Monseigneur in Town | 141 |
Monseigneur in the Country | 154 |
The Gorgons Head | 162 |
Two Promises | 178 |
A Companion Picture | 189 |
The Fellow of Delicacy | 194 |
The Fellow of No Delicacy | 204 |
The Honest Tradesman | 211 |
Knitting | 226 |
Still Knitting | 242 |
One Night | 258 |
The Grindstone | 359 |
The Shadow | 368 |
Calm in Storm | 375 |
The Woodsawyer | 383 |
Triumph | 392 |
A Knock at the Door | 402 |
A Hand at Cards | 409 |
The Game Made | 428 |
The Substance of the Shadow | 445 |
Dusk | 467 |
Darkness | 472 |
Fiftytwo | 485 |
The Knitting Done | 502 |
The Footsteps Die Out for Ever | 520 |